impressionistic

English

Etymology

From impressionist +‎ -ic or impression +‎ -istic.

Adjective

impressionistic (comparative more impressionistic, superlative most impressionistic)

1. Pertaining to or characterized by impressionism.
2. Based on subjective reactions or feelings; not systematically researched or arrived at.
   • 2014, James Lambert, “Diachronic stability in Indian English lexis”, in World Englishes, page 124:

     Also, it must be remembered that claims made by Kindersley and Goffin were impressionistic, as opposed to being based on modern linguistic data collection and analysis methods.

3. Based on impression rather than reason or fact; based on trying to impress somebody rather than trying for accuracy.
4. Impressible.

Derived terms

• impressionistically
• neoimpressionistic

Translations

relating to impressionism

Georgian: იმპრესიონისტული (imṗresionisṭuli) Irish: impriseanaíoch Polish: impresjonistyczny (pl) Portuguese: impressionista (pt) Russian: субъективный (ru) (subʺjektivnyj), неполный (ru) (nepolnyj), разрозненный (ru) (razroznennyj) Welsh: argraffiadol

References

• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “impressionistic”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “impressionistic”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.